Purdue football moves practice to Rensselaer

Purdue has moved Wednesday's practices to Saint Joseph's College in Rensselaer.

The Boilermakers will practice twice, but the morning session is closed to all but the Big Ten Network. The afternoon practice will be held from 3:30 to 5:30 (ET). The practice will take place at the corners of South College Avenue (US 231) and Father Gross Road.

BTN will air highlights and interviews from the morning practice at 6 and 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

The reason? The players were unaware of the change of venue until Wednesday morning. Darrell Hazell wants them to adapt to different situations and understand there are road games on the schedule. However, this wasn't an idea that just happened. Logistics are involved in moving over 100 players and support personnel off-campus, even for a day. Plus, throw in the BTN and this decision wasn't made yesterday.

So on the day Purdue gets to showcase its team and facilities to the #B1G Network, the Boilers practice at St. Joe's? Interesting decision.